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See also: [[Mysterious Waif]], [[Whoopi Epiphany Speech]], [[Oracular Urchin]], [[Mad Oracle]]. This is a variant of [[Creepy Child]], and sometimes overlaps with the [[Squishy Wizard]].
Contrast [[Blind Seer]], whose archetypal disability seems not to be a hindrance. Compare [[Cursed
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== Anime and Manga ==
* Tomoe Hotaru in the ''[[
* Alvis in ''[[
* Subverted by Zefie, in ''[[
** And occasionally unhesitatingly violent.
* Mashiro Kazahana from ''[[
* Quon from ''[[
* The Young/Old people from ''[[
* A few of the characters in ''The Five Star Stories'' possessing "Para-Diver" powers. Also many of the [[Artificial Human|Fatima Fates]], especially Clotho have elements of this, despite the fact that they are at least twice as strong as a normal person.
* In ''[[Saint Seiya]]'', {{spoiler|Seiya's lost sister Seika grew up into one of these after getting [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] years ago.}}
* Ilya takes this role in the Heaven's Feel route of ''[[Fate/stay
* Male example: Subaru Sumeragi, during his ''[[Tokyo Babylon]]'' days.
** Despite his slight build, Subaru is physically extremely strong, but he gives the impression of weakness sometimes when he over-exerts his spiritual powers.
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** [[Spear Counterpart|Kakyo]] and [[Ill Girl|Kotori]] qualify as well.
* Played with in the ''[[Fatal Fury]]'' movie. Sulia Gaudeamus is a waifish [[Healing Hands|healer]] without any fighting abilities and who's got an [[Psychic Link]] to the [[Big Bad]] ( {{spoiler|read, she's the twin sister of the guy who's got said [[Big Bad]] [[Enemy Within|inside of him]]}}), but she's more of [[The Smart Guy]] of the group due to [[Mr. Exposition|her encyclopedic knowledge of the myths behind the whole deal]]. Therefore, her insight in the plot is not necessarily related to epiphanies.
* Mary Magdalene in ''[[Chrono Crusade]]'', an orphan girl whose prophetic powers were so strong and overwhelming, she forgot her own childhood and
* [[Oracular Urchin|Rika]] from ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro
* In ''[[Nightschool]]'', it's noted that "seers who are still sane are rare." Marina, a pixieish young seer who can't be much older than 13 or so, has to regularly take special medication in order to stay lucid, but her visions get compromised as a side effect. Unfortunately, her employers at the start of the series care more about receiving accurate predictions about the stock market than her mental health. When Marina's [[Badass Teacher|teacher]] finds this out, the employers are rightly [[Curb Stomp Battle|curbstomped]]
* A subtle instance in [[Tekkon Kinkreet]]: [[Constantly Curious|White]] is exceedingly immature for his age, and only as physically strong as a small ten-year-old can be expected to be. But at the same time, he occasionally shows a nearly supernatural insight and seems very in-tune to Black and the city around them.
* [[After War Gundam X
** The poor girl is also quite [[Blessed
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*** [[The Stand|M-O-O-N]] and that spells Tom Cullen. Laws, yes. Not to mention [[Magical Negro|Mother Abagail]] herself...
* Fiver, the [[Oracular Urchin|runt of the litter]] "seer rabbit", whose visions of Man's encroachment drive the plot in the various adaptations of ''[[Watership Down]]'', is a nonhuman variant of this character. This is especially played up in the animated TV series, where he spent an episode terrified that his visions actually ''caused'' the dangers he predicted.
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* Jenny Wren in [[
* The mute child Estrella in ''[[Ea Cycle]]''.
* Hai from Amelia Atwater-Rhodes' ''Wyvernhail''. Her unstable magic allows her to view many possible future outcomes of decisions, but does not always render her the most lucid.
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** As is Drusilla from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', who had been severely damaged by a mob attack that left her physically weak. She regained her strength part-way through the second season and remained somewhat prophetic; but was still completely crazy. [[Joss Whedon]] seems to like this trope in general.
* Trance Gemini in ''[[Andromeda]]''
* Gabe in ''[[The Collector (TV series)|The Collector]]''.
* Maia in ''[[The 4400]]''
* Kes in ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' has a highly developed brain, as a result she can communicate telepathically, see the future or possible alternate futures and even prophesy events that occur after her physical death.
* Tim in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' "Human Nature"/"Family of Blood".
* The girl with the tarot cards in ''[[
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** A random prophet in Storm of Zehir sees the coming of 4th edition rules. Seriously, the transition was canonically the cause of huge disasters in the Forgotten Realms setting as the magic system shifted.
* The siblings Ninian and Nils from ''[[Fire Emblem]] 7'' fit this trope a bit, [[My Significance Sense Is Tingling|being able to sense danger]] among other things (which [[Spoony Bard|don't include fighting]], though, which makes some players think [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?|they're useless * as a whole* in battle]]).
** Semi-subversion with Micaiah. She has [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|waif-like qualities]], she senses the future, she can [[Cursed
* Fon Master Ion from ''[[Tales of the Abyss]]'' is a [[Rare Male Example]] of this trope ([[Viewer Gender Confusion|although you wouldn't know this by looking at him.]])
* Pharos in [[Persona 3]] is a creepy, sickly-looking young boy who visits the [[Silent Protagonist]] on various nights with information relating to the near future.
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* Eresh from ''[[Suikoden V]]'' is a textbook example, complete with [[Squishy Wizard|superior magical ability yet painfully low defense]], [[In the Hood|face cloaked in shadow]], and a [[Magic Wand|staff]] quite reminiscent of [[Final Fantasy X|Yuna's]]. A few of the more enigmatic characters, such as [[Hot Witch|Jeane]] and [[Mystical Waif|Zerase]], seem to have past connections with her, hinting that there may be more to this young witch than meets the eye...
* Klara from ''[[Pathologic]]''.
* The Forecaster of ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', a psychic orphan who wears a psychic inhibitor and can be paid to give his prophecies on certain things pertaining to either the upcoming Battle of Hoover Dam, the Mojave itself and even The Courier.
* The "I'm different" Turret you can rescue in ''[[
== Webcomics ==
* Jonas of ''[[The Phoenix Requiem]]'' is a [[Rare Male Example]].
* ''[[
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